A summer in Kintyre : memories and reflections
Martin, Angus, 1952-2014
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In the idyllic summer of 2013 in Kintyre, the author's journeys by bicycle and on foot were also 'a journey through landscapes of memory and emotion'. The story begins in the rugged south-west, at the Inneans and Largiebaan, and ends in the north-east, at a little loch near Tarbert, with people, places and happenings a-plenty in between. The people include poets Seamus Heaney, Hugh MacDiarmid and George Campbell Hay, musicians Hamish Henderson, Dick Gaughan and Jack Bruce, as well as hill-walking companions, past and persent. Incidents of drama on cliffs, episodes of irrational terror and spiritual calm in remote places, memories of the psychadelic sixties, and a boat trip to Cara Island - haunt of the infamous 'Broonie' - combine the author's characteristic ruminations on history, natural history, folklore, place-names and genealogy, to illumine the landscapes.
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A summer in Kintyre : memories and reflections / Angus Martin
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Imprint:
Kilkerran : The Grimsay Press, 2014
Collation:
xx, 291 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781845301538
Language:
English
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